Maternity-corset



c. E. ANDERSON. MATERNITY CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ5, I917.

Patented Sept. 14,1920.

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3 Mme/L Patented Sept. 14, 1920,

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C. E. ANDERSON.

MATERNITY CORSET.

APPLICATION mm AUG.I5, 19H.

. fectly adapted for wear during maternity I w out throughout the entire series of strips.

cARoLINE E. ANDERSON, or PARK CITY, UTAI-I.-

MATERNITY-CORSET. 4

Specification of Letters Patent. Patrgnted Sgpt 14,1920

Application filed August 15, 1917. Serial No. 186,359.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE E. ANDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Park City, in the county of Summit and Stateof Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Maternity-Corsets and I do-hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same- The invention relates to a maternity corset.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of. corsets and to provide a simple, practical and eflicient maternity corset equipped with. a yieldable highly elastic front and provided at the.

sides and back with means for adjusting the size of the corset so that the corset may be increased in size from time to time as re quired, whereby the corset will be perand will be comfortable to the wearer.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a corset constructed in accordance with this invention and shown closed.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the corset showing the same open or spread to illustrate the construction more clearly. j

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the front portion of the corset, illustrating the overlapped relation of the horizontal elastic strips.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on an enlarged scale through the front fastening means.

Fig. 5 is ,a similar view through one of the side adjusting means.

Fig. 6 is a detail'view of the side adjusting means.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondlng parts 1n the several figures of the drawings.

is illustrated the preferred embodiment'of the lnvention, the corset shown 1s divided at the back and at the left hand side of the wearer to form twosections land 2 of un-- equal size, the section 1 being equipped With the front of thecors'et and the other section extending from one side of the front to the In the accompanying drawings, in which' '65 center of the back, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The front, which is yieldable is composed of a vertical series of horizontally arranged relatively broad overlapped strips 3 of elastic webbing or other suitable material which gradually increase in length from the lowermoststrip and which are designed to extend practically entirely across the front of the corset. The

upper edge of the'lowermost strip is ar:

ranged in rear of the lower edge of the next adjacent strip. This arrangement is carried The strips are attached only at the ends to the adjacent portions of the corset and are nor to provide the necessary strength atthe attaching means of the elastic. The length of the elastic strips may of course be varied.

atthe front of the corset are secured together detachably by suitable fastening means preferably consisting of buttons 6, carried by the section 2 and engaging button holes 7 formed in the section 1. The buttons 6 are preferably mounted on tape 8 but they may be attached in any other desired manner and the front edge of the secbone or stiffener 10 at the inner portion of the fly 9 and at the point where the buttons are'attached.

The adjacent edges of the sections 1 and '7 tion 2 of the corset is arranged to form a fly 9 to underlie the button holes. The sec- -tion 2 is also preferably provided with a p j The sections 1 and 2 are provided at their I sides with adjusting means for varying the size of the corset and the said adjusting means'comprises spaced strips 11 extending from the top to the bottom of thecorset and provided with eyelets 12 for laces or lacing cords 13, the sections being provided between the strips 11 with flexible portions 141 of-relatively thin material so as not to cause provided at the back with bones orstilfeners V 17 of any desired construction or material.

The corset is provided with shoulder straps 18 attached to the sections adjacent i to the rear edges thereof and adapted to be 7 lower portion.

carried over the shoulders of the wearer and pinned to the front of the corset, or other)- wise secured to the same.

The section 1 of the corset is provided at the bottom of the front with a fiexibleinelastic strip 19 secured to the'portions 4 and r 5 and arranged to cover the lower edge of the lowermost strip 3 of elastic material. The flexible portion at the side adjusting means is provided with a tapered approximately triangular insert 20 to produce the proper configuration of the corset at the 2 are also connected at the back by a corset lace or lacing cord 15' What is'claimed is: V 1 V A maternity corset comprising a pairof sections and one section beingof a greater length than the other section to form a front portion, one side portion and a portion of the back of thecorset, the second section forming one side portion and a portion of the back, means adjustably connecting the sections together at their rear edges, a reinforcing fly formed on the fron't'edge of the second section and adapted to underlie the front edge of the first section, means detachably connecting the sections at-their front edges, each section being divided in a pair of parts and elastically connected,;lace ing strings adjustably connectmgjthe parts of -said sections, said front portion ofthe first section being constructedfrom 'relatively broad overlapping elastic strips'that gradually increase in length from the lowermost strip, said strips 7 having their. upper edges arranged in rear of the lower edges of the ad acent strip.

In testimony whereof afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DR. CAROLINE E. ANDERSON, o

Witnesses: V

=VV. A. .RADDON,

T. N; Ramon. 

